diff --git a/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java b/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
index fa4a46c9c53..f72e043fe4b 100644
--- a/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
+++ b/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/AnnotationParser.java
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 public class AnnotationParser
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AnnotationParser.class);
-    protected static int ASM_OPCODE_VERSION = Opcodes.ASM7; //compatibility of api
-    protected static String ASM_OPCODE_VERSION_STR = "ASM7";
+    protected static int ASM_OPCODE_VERSION = Opcodes.ASM8; //compatibility of api
+    protected static String ASM_OPCODE_VERSION_STR = "ASM8";
 
     /**
      * Map of classnames scanned and the first location from which scan occurred
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ public class AnnotationParser
                         asmVersion = Opcodes.ASM7;
                         break;
                     }
+                    case 8:
+                    {
+                        asmVersion = Opcodes.ASM8;
+                        break;
+                    }
                     default:
                     {
                         LOG.warn("Unrecognized ASM version, assuming {}", ASM_OPCODE_VERSION_STR);
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2145f900d9..c5f84a284f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <inject-api.version>2.0.0-RC2</inject-api.version>
     <infinispan.version>9.4.8.Final</infinispan.version>
     <conscrypt.version>2.4.0</conscrypt.version>
-    <asm.version>7.3.1</asm.version>
+    <asm.version>8.0.1</asm.version>
     <jmh.version>1.21</jmh.version>
     <jmhjar.name>benchmarks</jmhjar.name>
     <tycho-version>1.4.0</tycho-version>